Week One injury report roundup

Posted by Josh Alper on September 6, 2013, 6:35 PM EDT

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We’ve finally made it to the start of the regular season, which means both the return of Sundays filled with NFL football and Fridays full of injury reports updating us on the status of players around the league.

Over the course of the week, there are a lot of posts about the most prominent of those players but we know that you might not see all of them. As a result, we’ll comb through all the injury reports every Friday afternoon so that there’s one stop for all the news from every team playing on Sunday.

It looks like starting left tackle Andrew Whitworth’s knee injury will keep him out of the Bengals opener. He’s been listed as doubtful, while the team has ruled out CB Brandon Ghee (concussion) and G Mike Pollak (knee). Defensive end Carlos Dunlap (concussion), tight end Tyler Eifert (forearm), cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (concussion), tackle Andre Smith (knee) and defensive tackle Devon Still (knee) are all probable. The Bears have no players listed on the injury report.

Tackle Menelik Watson (knee) has been ruled out, forcing the Raiders to scramble for a left tackle once again. Tight end David Ausberry (shoulder) is also out and linebacker Sio Moore (foot) is questionable. Quarterback Matt Flynn (elbow) is probable, which means Terrelle Pryor won’t be starting by default if, as expected, he gets the start. One Colts linebacker, Kavell Connor, is out with an ankle injury and another, Pat Angerer, is doubful with a concussion. Left tackle Anthony Castonzo (knee) is probable after returning to work this week.

Seahawks at Panthers

The Seahawks say they will be making game-time decisions on defensive end Cliff Avril and cornerback Brandon Browner, both of whom are battling hamstring injuries, although Avril is less likely to play after getting labeled doubtful. Defensive tackle Tony McDaniel (groin), defensive tackle Brandon Mebane (groin) and wide receiver Sidney Rice (knee) are all probable. The Panthers listed defensive tackle Dwan Edwards (thigh), wide receiver Domenik Hixon (hamstring) and guard Amini Silatolu (hamstring) as questionable. Rookie running back Kenjon Barner is out with a foot injury.

The Titans should have linebacker Akeem Ayers (ankle) and tackle David Stewart (calf) after listing them as probable. The Steelers are likely to play without tight end Heath Miller (knee), who was listed as doubtful and is only starting to practice after tearing his ACL last year.

As a Packers fan, I agree. Of course, neither will the 49ers. The Packers are a bit depleted at secondary with Hayward out and Burnett questionable, but the 9ers are without Crabtree and Manningham.

You guys took us to the woodshed last year. I fully admit that. But this is a whole new year and the Packers defense is definitely improved. I won’t predict a Packers win, but I guarantee the game will be significantly closer than the playoff game.

Yeah I understood that but many fans didn’t know Stewart was on PUP, myself included. So I was pointing it is the same HB injury problem they have had the past few years even if it doesn’t look that way on injury report.